viewpoint

it can’t be easy to
look at the stars
when such
obvious contradictions
show that it is
only an illusion

there was movement
to stop the features
of deformity
forced to make a stand
and swallow words from
the burned book

worn out from the task
but smiled again and
made do without believing
claim left unresolved
and lacking clarity

describing the past
wouldn’t illuminate
their supposed allies
and would only bring
us back down to
the level of
nonsensical reasoning